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Cleveland City Council Members Michael Polensek, Richard Starr and Deborah Gray (lower left to top left) meet with Public Safety Director Wayne Drummond (lower right) and other safety officials in preparation for the 2025 budget process.

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Cleveland safety director takes ‘responsibility’ for bypassing council on $853k SpotSpotter extension

by Frank W. Lewis April 23, 2026April 22, 2026

Council members say they may examine the loophole that the city used to continue the contract without council approval.

Do you have ‘neighbors from hell’? Here’s how to get Cleveland to help with nuisance law violations

by Frank W. Lewis and Najee Hall December 29, 2025December 30, 2025

‘I am really proud of the work’: Meet Cleveland Documenter Alicia Moreland

by Najee Hall December 3, 2025December 2, 2025

A groundhog, one of the nuisance animals most loathed by Cleveland City Council members, in a yard in the city's Mount Pleasant neighborhood.

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Groundhog daze: Cleveland boosts budget for animal control

by Frank W. Lewis March 18, 2025March 20, 2025

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‘Woefully inadequate’: Cleveland council members say public safety under-budgeted for some important expenses

by Frank W. Lewis and Cleveland Documenters March 7, 2025April 1, 2025

A picture of Cleveland City Hall, the site of February's 2025 Cleveland budget hearings.

Cleveland’s Super Bowl: Meet the players behind Bibb’s $2.1 billion budget

by Doug Breehl-Pitorak, Dakotah Kennedy and Cleveland Documenters February 18, 2025February 16, 2025

Cleveland City Council Members Michael Polensek, Richard Starr and Deborah Gray (lower left to top left) meet with Public Safety Director Wayne Drummond (lower right) and other safety officials in preparation for the 2025 budget process.

By the numbers: Get to know Cleveland’s Department of Public Safety

by Dakotah Kennedy and Cleveland Documenters November 1, 2024January 22, 2025